Eastern Palace Suite | Hello

Cute Hello card using Eastern Beauty from Stampin' Up!

Like I mentioned yesterday, I have a whole week of projects this week featuring the Eastern Palace suite and exclusive bundles. You can find out more about these fabulous products HERE

Eastern Palace Bundle card kit from Stampin' Up!

I could not resist cutting that fabulous medallion / doily and backing it with Gold Glimmer paper! This card uses the brand new In Colour; Tranquil Tide… I have a whole video of In Colour goodness tomorrow… but for now just know that they are all stunning!

There are a heap of different combinations of these dies, giving you an endless variety of different medallions and doilies, flowers and decorative pieces. Some of the dies only cut the inside of the shape, while others cut the outside. To create this medallion, you also need the Layering Circle Framelits, because the largest of the dies used to create it only cuts the inside. I am seeing a version with a scalloped edge, and another in Glimmer paper…. might have to get back to the craft desk to make some more!

Cute Hello card using Eastern Beauty from Stampin' Up!

This card also uses a piece of the beautiful Eastern Palace Speciality Designer Series Paper. This paper features peacock inspired patterns and includes two pieces of Gold Foiled paper (hence the inspiration for the Gold on this card), and I have another card using even more Gold later in the week.

You can grab the Eastern Palace bundles over on my Webstore, or drop me a message to place your order. Don’t forget to use the Code Club Code for some exciting free goodies!


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May Online Card Classes!

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Welcome to May’s Online Card Class here at StampinByHannah

This month is a little different, as we prepare to celebrate the launch of the 2017-2018 Annual Catalogue. In the build up to party in June Stampin’ Up! have released a whole suite of products a month early…. in two fabulous bundles that are exclusive during May.

Because these bundles are so awesome I am including a FREE Online Card Class with each purchase! All you need to do is buy the bundles (or let me know that you’ve added them to your Starter Kit!) and I will pop a card kit in the post!

This class includes full written instructions to make 8 great cards, all using the Eastern Palace suite!

You can grab your bundles HERE or shop your Starter Kit HERE!


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Make It Monday | Introducing the Eastern Palace Suite

Make It Monday video tutorial featuring Eastern Palace from Stampin' Up! UK

Make It Monday

Hello! I hope you have some fun plans for this bank holiday Monday… I’m hoping for some crafty time in my craft room, but unfortunately cleaning has to come first today!

I have something really exciting to share with you this week…. as I am sure you are already aware Stampin’ Up! are gearing up to launch the Brand New 2017-2018 Annual catalogue on the 1st June! I have had my hands on this one for almost a month now, and it is fantastic! I cannot wait for you to see what is inside. However, to celebrate the launch, we have a fabulous pre-order opportunity for you! Stampin’ Up! have released a whole suite of products a month early…. giving you the chance to pre-order too!

Stampin' Up! UK Eastern Palace Suite

I am loving playing with the new stamps and dies in this suite, and have a whole weeks worth of projects using it for you this week. The early release of these great products comes in two exclusive bundles, each of which include FREE products!

As it is Make It Monday I do of course have a video for you today, hopefully explaining the whole thing!

The Premier Bundle offers a further opportunity; its £94 plus postage and packing of £4.95….. why not grab the Stampin’ Up! Starter kit for £99 and get a host of other benefits too. The Starter kit contains £130 worth of products of your choice (so, add your Premier Bundle and £36 worth of other goodies) comes with FREE postage and packing, and gives you 20% off all Stampin’ Up! purchases during your membership! and you will also get your hands on the new catalogue before anyone else, and get to participate in the pre-order that starts on 2nd May too. What are you waiting for… you can grab your Starter Kit HERE!

Make It Monday video tutorial featuring Eastern Palace from Stampin' Up! UKThis card is my April Customer Thank You gift. From June I am changing my Customer Thank You system slightly. You will continue to receive a handmade card, but I will also be sending you a pack of paper craft project tutorials via email when you order… more about that soon!

I love a clean and simple card… with lots of white space (or Very Vanilla in this case). This card is super simple to make, with only two colours; Fresh Fig and Tranquil Tide, along with the Eastern Beauty Stamp Set and Eastern Medallion Thinlits dies


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3D Friday | Tealight Box Revisited!

3D Friday Video Tutorial Pootles Inspired Tealight box using Jar of Love from Stampin' Up!

When I first started by my Blog and YouTube channel I created a cute little box for some tealights… and while the video wasn’t great and the photos were… hmmm, lets not go there! I LOVED it! So, now that my skills have vastly improved, I thought I would revisit this project from 3 years ago, altering the measurements a little for some slightly bigger tea lights!

3D Friday Video Tutorial Pootles Inspired Tealight box using Jar of Love from Stampin' Up!

As I mentioned yesterday I have cleared most of my craft room of things that have retiring, or are retiring… however every now and again I might reach into the box of goodies we are saying goodbye to… which I have done with one of these boxes. I filmed this video tutorial a few weeks ago, and it is impossible to predict how quickly something might sell out, and the Designer Series Paper (Blooms and Bliss) on the blue box is limited stock! Grab it now before it goes, it’s so pretty!

Measurements:

Card stock – 5 3/4 x 6 1/4″ (14.5 x 15.5 cm)

Score on the short side at – 1, 2 5/8, 3 5/8, and 5 1/4″ (2.5, 6.5, 9 and 13 cm)

Score on the long side at – 1/2, 1 1/2, 4 3/4 and 5 3/4″ (1, 3.5, 12 and 14.5 cm)

3D Friday Video Tutorial Candle box featuring Jar of Love from Stampin' Up!

The second box, made on video, uses the Jar of Love stamp set to create a fun background in Rich Razzleberry.


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Floral Phrases Thank You Card

Floral Phrases Thank You Card using Stampin' Up! products

I recently cleared my craft room of stamps, dies, ribbons, punches, and anything else that is retiring at the end of May. I love this time of year…. the sun is shining (sometimes!), my craft room gets a bit of a spring clean, and we start to see prepare for the launch of the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue. I won’t keep everything that I have that is retiring… I will be slowly getting rid of things probably during the summer but I will let you know when that happens!

So, I currently have a much reduced crafty stash…. which has done wonders for my creativity! Sometimes we feel we need this thing or that stamp to make great projects… but working with what is actually in your craft room rather than dreaming about this die or that stamp, I find anyway, yields much better results!

Purple Thank you card using Floral Phrases from Stampin' Up!

As I have removed all my retiring stamps from my shelf, I only have current and continuing products to play with…. and I am so excited for this stamp set to find it’s way into the new catalogue, along with a stunning pack of Designer Series paper to match it! This is Floral Phrases, and it has been seen in Night of Navy a LOT in the past 12 months…. just watch this space to see it in some fabulous new colours! Here I have stamped in Perfect plum.

Floral Phrases Thank You Card using Stampin' Up! products

This simple card is finished with a bow in linen thread and a trio of embellishments; two Enamel shapes – one in Perfect Plum, the other Elegant Eggplant – and a Rhinestone.

Simple and pretty, great for wedding thank yous I think!


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Retiring List Highlight | Crazy About You

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Stampin' Up! UK Retiring List 2017

Oh my goodness! This year’s retiring list has now been available for a couple of weeks, and there are some AWESOME products that we are saying goodbye to at the end of May. Some of my favourite stamp sets are retiring, including my probably most used set of sentiments…. Crazy About You

Stampin' Up! Crazy About You

I have made SO many cards with this set, and I have pulled out a few for you here: (for a full list of products for each card, click on the image to be taken to the original blog post)

Jar of Love card for Mothers Day Watercolour Smooshing Hello Card using Crazy About You from Stampin' Up! UK #GDP073 Global Design Project Case the Designer Challenge Thanks for being You card using Crazy About You from Stampin' Up! UK Watercolour birthday card using Awesomely artistic and birthday blooms from Stampin' Up! Global Design Project Case the Designer Thank You featuring Hello You from Stampin' Up!

The Retiring List will be available until the 31st May, after that these products will have gone (forever!). Don’t miss your favourite products, check the list today!


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Global Design Project #084 | Just for you Watercolour Wings

Global Design Project #084 Just for you card using Watercolour Wings from Stampin' Up!

Oh my goodness, this might be my fastest make ever! I managed to get into my craft room, get inspiration and make this card in less than 20 minutes… which is good really seeing as I am writing this at 21:30 on Monday night!

This week’s Global Deign Project challenge is to CASE the designer…. and well, I’ve already CASE’d this particular designer once in the past week, but she is totally awesome! I am so proud to be a part of her wonderful team of stampers…. it is of course, the totally gorgeous Michelle Last!

I have taken a few elements of Michelle’s card to create my own… the neutral card base, embossed background and that square. Is anyone else a bit obsessed with the Stitched Shapes dies at the minute, or is it just me…. I can’t put them away!

Global Design Project #084 Just for you card using Watercolour Wings from Stampin' Up!

The other element I have taken from Michelle’s card is a stamped and die cut image, but I have swapped the bird for a butterfly. This one is stamped from the Watercolour Wings stamp set, and uses Crumb Cake, Rich Razzleberry and Rose Red, and I have curled the wings a little for a bit of added dimension

Global Design Project #084 Just for you card using Watercolour Wings from Stampin' Up!

Short and sweet blog post from me today… like I said its 21:30, and I am ready for my bed! Hope you have a great crafty week and thanks for stopping by today


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Make It Monday | Faux Shadow Embossing Technique

Make It Monday Video Tutorial creating a fun thank you card using the faux shadow embossing technique with Thankful Thoughts and Playful Backgrounds from Stampin' Up!

Make It Monday

Hello! Welcome to another Make It Monday here at StampinByHannah! I have a great card project for you this week, along with a quick, simple and fun technique using heat embossing!

I found this card on Jennifer McGuires Blog a few weeks ago, and thought it looked simple enough! So I had a go….

Make It Monday Video Tutorial creating a fun thank you card using the faux shadow embossing technique with Thankful Thoughts and Playful Backgrounds from Stampin' Up!

The background on this card was almost a piece of Designer Series Paper… but with the Retiring List, lots of papers have already sold out and I didn’t want to share something you might not be able to get! So, instead I created by own DSP using the Playful Backgrounds stamp set, stamped in Emerald Envy and Early Espresso.

The sentiment is the main focus of this card. To create the Faux Shadow effect the sentiment is first stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with clear powder. Then, and this is where a stamp positioning tool like the Stamp-a-ma-jig is super helpful, you stamp again but offset it slightly, heat emboss again in a colour…. and as if by magic it looks super dimensional! Awesome!

Make It Monday Video Tutorial creating a fun thank you card using the faux shadow embossing technique with Thankful Thoughts and Playful Backgrounds from Stampin' Up!

The Sentiment is also on a die cut from the Stitched Shapes Framelit dies (I LOVE these!) to give it a little extra something!
I hope you love my card project today, don’t forget to check out the video for more details about the technique.


Online Card Class using Swirly Bird from Stampin' Up! UK


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Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge | Jar of Love

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge Just For You Card using Jar of Love from Stampin' Up!

Stampin' Up! Sketch Challenge

Thank you for joining us for another Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge! We’re so excited to be sharing this hop with you.  The products used are all available in the current  Stampin’ Up!® Catalogues.  Simply use the buttons at the bottom of the post to keep hopping!

Our sketch this month was created by the fabulous Heidi Smith of FlutterbyHeidi…. didn’t she do a great job?!

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I have to admit to being more than a little intimidated by this one… the number of elements on this card were slightly too much for my comfort zone! I cannot wait to see what the other girls have created with it though!

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge Just For You Card using Jar of Love from Stampin' Up!

Those rectangles at the top of the sketch just sang ‘jars’ to me…. so I played around with the Jar of Love stamp set for a while before this appeared. The jars took several turns during our journey… they were vellum… they were empty…. they were all the same…. but this is what I settled on.

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge Just For You Card using Jar of Love from Stampin' Up!

I love this stamp set and have another card using it coming really soon…

That’s all from me today, but the other girls have some great cards for you, all using the same sketch, just click the NEXT button to hop onto the next blog in our hop… or if your a rebel then you can always ‘hop’ backwards!


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3D Friday | Green and Blacks Mini Chocolate Gift Bags

I have made several confessions to you, my lovely blog readers, over the past few months…. I can’t remember if I have said this one before…. I am a chocoholic! I LOVE anything chocolate, or chocolate flavoured, or really any form of chocolate really. And that is why today’s tutorial is a bit of a miracle…. chocolate has survived in my craft room long enough for me to make a cute project using it! (actually I have more than one, keep you posted on those soon!)

3D Friday Video Tutorial Mini Chocolate Gift Bags using Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper

I love this paper (not quite as much as I love chocolate… but almost!) but it has sadly already sold out! Seriously, if you haven’t checked the retiring list yet you really need to before those stamps you’ve had your eye on for a couple of months disappear! This paper, this very pretty paper will be back though…. check the video for a sneaky peak!

Measurements:

Designer Series paper – 4 x 4″ (10 x 10 cm)

Score on the 1st side at – 1/2, 1 3/4, 2 1/4 and 3 1/2″ (1.2, 4.5, 5.7 and 9 cm)

Score on the 2nd side at – 1/2″ (1.2 cm)

3D Friday Video Tutorial Mini Chocolate Gift Bags using Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper

Right, that all for today, but do check back again tomorrow for my favourite Saturday of the month!


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